How to Use slash in a Sentence

slash

1 of 2 verb

• He threatened to slash the man's throat.
• They slashed their way through the jungle.
• She slashed a path through the underbrush.
• Funding for the program was slashed.
• The company has slashed prices to increase sales.
• Someone slashed his car's tires.
• Iger slashed about 7,000 jobs last year in an effort to cut costs.
  — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
• Each month from June to December slashed records as the hottest one of its kind.
  — Ella Weaver, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
• In that scenario, it would be forced to start quickly slashing rates.
  — Martha C. White, wsj.com, 16 Oct. 2023
• Right now, it’s slashed from $40 to as little as $11 in select colors.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
• Shockingly, a mere five years is enough to slash the return by almost half.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 12 June 2023
• Now, House Republicans are trying to slash some of the same funds.
  — Tony Romm and Ian Duncan The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 20 July 2023
• To redeem, just complete your booking on the offer page and watch the total price get slashed.
  — Kyler Alvord, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2023
• Brooklinen is putting on one of the best deals events this week, slashing the price of everything on their site by 25%.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 24 Nov. 2023
• His uppercuts slashed the air with erratic gusts of wind.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
• Even better, Amazon has slashed $370 off of the regular price.
  — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024
• That prompted some drugmakers to slash the cost of insulin for a broader group of patients.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
• Discounts vary on size and quantity — this pair of queen-sized pillows boasts the steepest sale, slashed by $82 at the moment.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
• Just ahead of the holiday travel weekend, Circle K is slashing prices on food and drinks for a day.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Aug. 2023
• Many had slashed the size of their fleets and laid off thousands of employees just to stay afloat as Covid-19 lockdowns throttled air travel.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
• At Northern Kentucky University, dozens of jobs have been slashed over the years.
  — Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 Apr. 2024
• How that dream will work in terms of the Cruise deal remains to be seen: Zaslav has worked to slash the company’s heavy debt, while Cruise has a way of prying wallets open.
  — Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
• Starting with the best deal, this Dutch oven is currently slashed by 48 percent in a gorgeous light blue color.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2024
• The Rohingya are banned from working and rely on food rations, which have been slashed due to a drop in global donations.
  — Kristen Gelineau, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
• Ford got a big boost slashing prices, particularly on the Mach-E and, to a lesser degree, on the Lightning.
  — Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
• Other characters are slashed and killed; people are burned; faces are smashed; and there are pistols, rifles, knives and much more.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• Just this week, Tesla slashed the price of its more advanced driver assistance feature, called Full Self-Driving, by a third, to $8,000.
  — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 26 Apr. 2024
• And, luckily, the retailer slashed the prices on hundreds of their must-have suitcases and bags for travelers of all types.
  — Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2023
• This Prime Day deal slashes the price of Chamberlain’s collection by 20%, with bags of coffee starting at $12.
  — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2023
• Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni wants to slash the boar population by up to 80% over five years, to stop the wild animals spreading swine fever to domestic pigs.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 9 May 2024

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slash

2 of 2 noun

• The history, the burden, the blood, the slashes, the tears and the fights ...
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• Prakke said the fire sparked in slash and has spread to young trees due to 15 to 20 mph wind gusts.
  — oregonlive, 2 June 2023
• The blue slash was spray-painted on its 500-year-old trunk.
  — Arkansas Online, 2 Jan. 2022
• The shadow melts away—the squirrel must have moved to the far side of the tree–and now a slash of blaze orange catches my eye.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• The high camp stood tucked in a snowy slash of pine, three white canvas tents and a matching outhouse.
  — Susan Casey, Field & Stream, 6 Dec. 2020
• The lid has been changed from the LED dot matrix of the past to a chic diagonal metallic slash.
  — PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
• But there are a couple of ways to snag a room — or a spot at the table in that awesome lounge-slash-lobby.
  — Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• Later, Fiala’s slash of Boeser led to the Canucks’ final goal, on a power play.
  — Randy Johnson, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
• Preheat oven to 375 degree F. Using a sharp knife, make a crisscross slash across the top of each bun.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Jan. 2024
• Her beauty mark, her blonde hair, and that slash of red lipstick are iconic in their own right.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2022
• Lyssa works at a museum slash party venue built in the shape of the Titanic.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2020
• And a journey slash plan went like this: 5:30 a.m., breakfast club workouts.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2022
• Skinner reacted with his own slash, a cross-check to the arm and then one to the head that bloodied the Penguins forward.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2022
• Inviting former franchise stars on stage to share their thoughts-slash-kill some time!
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2023
• There’s a slash mark in the middle, hinting at different sides.
  — Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• The victim or a brave bystander would cut a slash near the bite site, suck out the venom, and then spit it out, being careful not to swallow any.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
• The singer-slash beauty mogul hit the stage at the Super Bowl Halftime Show, performing a medley of some of her greatest hits.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 13 Feb. 2023
• At the party, she was introduced to Movie Star by her bodyguard-slash-trainer.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2023
• And hey, who was that old woman slash ghost who created Barbie?
  — Vulture, 25 July 2023
• The little boy, with a badly bruised face and a jagged slash running across his forehead, fingered a toy car with his bandaged hand.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2024
• So grab a shotgun and work over every tangle of hedgerow brush and field-edge bramble, and stomp on every pile of timber slash.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 6 Feb. 2023
• The episode follows grinder Joel Dahmen and his caddie-slash-longtime-friend Geno Bonnalie.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
• The idea was to cut four lanes of traffic down to two and add bike lanes that would be protected by a parking lane–slash–pedestrian island.
  — Clio Chang, Curbed, 27 Oct. 2023
• The image debuted the lightning-bolt slash across his face that would become the iconic symbol not only of the lurid imaging of the era, but for Bowie for decades to come.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 July 2023
• Those of you who are into high-end fashion and designer finds will be happy to see some major price slashes across the board.
  — Jake Smith, Glamour, 11 July 2023
• The slash piles that covered the old roadbed—fir and spruce saplings that Cahill had plucked like daisies with the Cat’s claw—would provide shade and cover for future grasses, wildflowers and shrubs.
  — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
• But their seasons, down to the overall slash lines, could be practically mirrors.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022
• Bright colors, strong lines and harsh angles evoke the slash of modern machinery in Vorticist works.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022
• Aztecs coach Brian Dutcher remained safely and happily on the bench-slash-beach.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
• When the Broncos appeared as a 10 seed with a slash next to Colorado, indicating the play-in game Wednesday, there were gasps followed by eerie silence.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024